EMERGING STAGE
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DESCRIPTION:
Camp Menses is a theatre and Clown show that follows a pair of tweens at an overnight summer camp, trying to cope with the traumatic experience of puberty and the early stages of menstruation.
During a late-night campfire, they find themselves overtaken by nature, by each other, and by the moon cycles - in every sense of the term.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Camp Menses is blood, camp, cRamp, and mess. It is teen angst on full display. Expect direct address and select audience participation. Please also expect bodily hair, bodily fluids, and red noses.
TEAM:
Michelle Blight
Performer
Co-creators / Co-Producer
Elm Reyes
Performer
Co-creators / Co-Producer
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
Camp Menses was first conceived in 2021 with the support of Diva Day International. It was then awarded the 2023 Ontario Arts Council Theatre Projects Grant and workshopped with additional help from Madeline Elliott Kennedy. Camp Menses was a part of Soulpepper Theatre’s 2025 Queer Youth Cabaret under the direction of Will Dao.
The team would also like to acknowledge Nightwood Theatre’s Creatryx program. Additional thanks to: The QYC 2025 cohort, Julianna Monte-Angheloni, Maricris Rivera, the Toronto Fringe TENT program, everyone who has ever come to a workshop and/or a fundraiser, and everyone who has shared in our laughter.
